#boxing

That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

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Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed. ↗

— Roger Kahn

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I used to do kickboxing, because I liked the cute outfits. ↗

— Monica Keena

#cute #i #kickboxing #liked #outfits

I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement. ↗

— George Foreman

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My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

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Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

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The old white man didn't look into your eyes, he looked clear through your eyes, and straight to the inside of the back of your head. 'Instead of runnin from pain, which is the natural thing in life, in boxing you step to it, get me? ↗

— F.X. Toole

#life #life

I lost my edge for boxing, I didn't put as much into it as I did before. I didn't run as far. I didn't train as hard. I didn't eat correctly. I started drinking a little bit every now and then. ↗

— Ken Norton

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